Jennifer Mah Lawson | Scholars@Duke

Jennifer Mah Lawson
Clinical Associate in the Department of Pediatrics

Physician provides primary care services only. Co-faculty Advisor, Duke Children's Reach Out and Read. Interests include integrative medicine, medical humanities, climate change and health, transdisciplinary collaboration, underserved communities.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Clinical Associate in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Pediatrics 2006
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2018
Faculty Associate in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine, Institutes and Centers 2020

Contact Information

4020 N Roxboro Rd, Durham, NC 27704
Box 3675 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
lawso007@mc.duke.edu (919) 620-5374

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.A., Duke University 2017
- M.D., University of Vermont 1990
Research
Selected Grants
- Bull City Bites and Books awarded by American Academy of Pediatrics 2018 - 2020
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Day, Philip, Jennifer Lawson, Sneha Mantri, Abhi Jain, David Rabago, and Robert Lennon. “Physician moral injury in the context of moral, ethical and legal codes.” J Med Ethics, July 21, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107225.
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  - Mantri, Sneha, Jennifer Mah Lawson, ZhiZhong Wang, and Harold G. Koenig. “Prevalence and Predictors of Moral Injury Symptoms in Health Care Professionals.” J Nerv Ment Dis 209, no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 174–80. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001277.
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  - Mantri, Sneha, Jennifer Mah Lawson, ZhiZhong Wang, and Harold G. Koenig. “Identifying Moral Injury in Healthcare Professionals: The Moral Injury Symptom Scale-HP.” J Relig Health 59, no. 5 (October 2020): 2323–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01065-w.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Advising & Mentoring
- Pediatric fellow and resident coach and mentor.
  Medical, MBS student mentor
Teaching Activities
- Moral Moments in Medicine: Pandemics, Race and Social Justice. Trent Center supported elective for graduate students in health care. Co-developed and taught narrative medicine section, "COVID Stories" and co-facilitated elective section.
  Reimagine Medicine. Summer program for undergraduates. Longstanding team member in program development and class facilitation.

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Advising & Mentoring

Teaching Activities